What Could Computerized Brain Training Learn from Evidence-Based Medicine?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Burch, Druin ^a  

^a Public Library of Science Cambridge ^*  (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED COGNITIVE TRAINING; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER; LEARNING; MEMORY;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY;

EID: 84922375085     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001758     Document Type: Article

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